Report from the Hague Centennial Conference April 27th-29th
2015
Over 900 women from 80 countries
assemble today at the World Forum to strengthen women's power to Stop
Wars. Nobel Peace Laureates Mairead Maguire. Leymah Gbowee and Shirin
Ebadi repeat the call of Berta von Suttner „Lay Down your Arms“.
They ask to stop demonizing and dehumanising political leaders that
have been elected by their people. Madleine Reese, general secretary
of the Women's International League for Peace and freedom (Wilpf)
expresses the need to redirect funds from the militray to social
needs. Amy Goodman from the alternative US „Democrazy Now“ is
calling for independent Media that is representing the forth estate
is not for state, a media that helps expressing concerns over war
and peace. Women present are convinced to represent a majority, not
even a silent majority of world citizens who wish to bring about
PEACE.
Women will continue to work for peace,
the majority of world citizens will not be silenced.
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